Posts by Max Call
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Steve Barnes
"I reckon this is on topic.
Even if it isn't it's still good."Yeah, it is good.
Here is the website
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
which has some other good clips on itEDIT: I have used these clips with Year 9 and 10 students - they have prompted fantastic class discussions
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thanks all for the replies on teeth - my mum had pretty rigid views on sugar and we never added it to cereal or hot drinks. Things like lollies were occasional treats. I'm not sure about my dad's upbringing with regard to this but he is not a sweet tooth.
A University of Queensland study has found that girls who experience puberty early are "significantly" more aggressive than their later developing peers by age 14.
I remember seeing a British documentary on puberty when I was at T Col.
I vaguely recall them saying that once a girl hits a certain weight then 'boom' she gets her period. From a dodgy memory I think this magic weight was 48kg.
Of the 20 or so females in the room, none of us had heard this before. -
teeth
My father ,myself, my brother and my two daughters have never had a filling. All of us were breastfed. My father grew up on an orchard with no added fluoride in the water.
Could the luck of genes have something to do with it?
we have always wondered why we are so lucky! -
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I had a few students who were making derogatory remarks about 'Jews'. It turns out they had been watching 'Borat'.
I gave them a history lesson and a quick run down on Sacha Baron Cohen and it stopped (AFAIK). -
whoops - edit fail
sorry for multiple short postings - just wanted to say that the story of stuff clip has been fantastic for showing my Year 9 and 10 Social Science classes. It has provoked much interest, discussion and questioning.
The 'cap and trade' clip is a recent addition to the website and was not there a few weeks ago.
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this is interesting too
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i think this sums up a lot of the issues quite nicely
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Andy Fraser;
yeah, sorry about that. I realised what you meant but was providing the quote because I felt a little lazy for not doing so in the first place.
I was a bit grumpy about the whole Double Dipton thing and tapped out my reply a little hastily :-) -
I'm waiting for any comment from Mr Perkbuster too
has any media asked him? does anyone know?